Swum
[swʌm]
Definition
(-) of Swim
(p. p.) of Swim
(-) imp. & p. p. of Swim.
Typed by Brandon
Definition
pa.p. of swim.
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Examples
- He, having swum a certain distance, turned round and was swimming on his back, looking along the water at the two girls by the wall. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gerald had dived in, after Sir Joshua, and had swum to the end of the pond. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I had done half the retreat on foot and swum part of the Tagliamento with his knee. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And I'd have swum off, towing him by the hair, if it had come to that, and I'd a got him aboard without the soldiers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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